Graduate programmes help to put banks ahead of the game

Growth in entry-level recruitment has created cost problems

Over the past few years, as investment banks have stepped up their recruitment of entry-level analysts and associates, training has increasingly come to the fore.

On the one hand, potential high-fliers regard the offer of graduate training as a distinguishing factor among investment banks. But on the other, the enormous growth in graduate recruitment has created a logistical - and cost - problem for many investment bank training departments.